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Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Archive

by: CMAC

Publication date: 2022-04-30

Topics: Racism, anti-racism, Canada, broadcasting, media, CRTC, race, media, Canada, broadcasting, CRTC

Language: English

This page provides an archive of the "Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence" events. These consultative events will confront barriers experienced by Racialized Canadians (including Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) in media access, representation, and employment-related practices. The deliberative process guiding these events will develop and disseminate an anti-racism strategy that aims to impact the future of media practices by reducing barriers to participation in broadcasting policy-making for Racialized Canadians.

More information about these events can be found at: https://www.antiracism.media/

Montreal Event - April 30, 2022

Part 1 - MP4 (link)

Opening Statement from Project Steering Committee (starts 00:00)
Keynote by William Ging Wee Dere (starts 04:18) – Anti-Asian Racism in Canada: Sinophobia from the Head Tax/Chinese Exclusion Act to Today
Cata Ramirez & Cassandra Exumé (starts 47:27) – Antiracism : Hoodstock’s perspective

Part 2 - MP4 (link)

Julie Tran & André-Anne Côté, Coalition Asiatique pour une Relève Émancipatrice (starts 00:00) – Militant point of view against anti-Asian racism: the importance of representation in Quebec media
Laith Marouf (starts 30:50) – Colonialism: The White Elephant in the Racist Newsroom

Part 3 - MP4 (link)

Ricardo Lamour (starts 00:00) – Anti-Black Racism in Quebec Media: Tackling dehumanizing reporting in journalism
Jean-Yves Roux & Nancy Dubuisson, Natyf TV (starts 49:58) – Raconter Nos Histoires avec Nos Propres Moyens (Telling Our Stories by Our Own Means)

Simultaneous Interpretation - MP4 (link)

Keynote by William Ging Wee Dere (starts 00:48) – Anti-Asian Racism in Canada: Sinophobia from the Head Tax/Chinese Exclusion Act to Today
Cata Ramirez & Cassandra Exumé (starts 43:50) – Antiracism : Hoodstock’s perspective
Julie Tran & André-Anne Côté, Coalition Asiatique pour une Relève Émancipatrice (starts 01:23:40) – Militant point of view against anti-Asian racism: the importance of representation in Quebec media
Laith Marouf (starts 01:53:38) – Colonialism: The White Elephant in the Racist Newsroom
Ricardo Lamour (starts 02:30:00) – Anti-Black Racism in Quebec Media: Tackling dehumanizing reporting in journalism
Jean-Yves Roux & Nancy Dubuisson, Natyf TV (starts 03:17:20) – Raconter Nos Histoires avec Nos Propres Moyens (Telling Our Stories by Our Own Means)

Vancouver Event - May 14, 2022

Part 1 - MP4 (link)

Opening Statement from Project Steering Committee [from 00:00:00-00:09:46]
 Keynote by Dr. Karim H. Karim – Identifying the Principles for an Anti-Racism Strategy [from 00:09:46 until end of part 1, then from 00:00:00 until end and then continues in part 2]

Part 2 - MP4 (link)

Keynote by Dr. Karim H. Karim (continued) – Identifying the Principles for an Anti-Racism Strategy [from 00:00:00 until 00:59:30]
Doreen Manuel – Decolonizing the Film, TV & Media Industry [from 00:59:30 until end]

Part 3 - MP4 (link)

Programmers from Campus and Community Radio – Inclusion vs Exclusion [from 00:00:00 until 01:24:15] 
Barbara Lee, President & Founder of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and Founder of the Racial Equity Screen Office, Nilesh Patel, Interim Executive Director of the Racial Equity Screen Office and, Sarah Spring, Executive Director Documentary Organization of Canada – Why We Need Mandated Racial Equity: A Case Study on the Failures of The Knowledge Network [from 01:24:15 until end]

Halifax Event - June 11, 2022

Part 1 - MP4 (link)

Opening Statements from Project Steering Committee and Russell Grosse, Executive Director Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia

Part 2 - MP4 (link)

 Keynote by Dr. El Jones – Resistant Media and Prison Radio: Challenging Anti-Blackness and Criminalization through Community Media

Part 3 - MP4 (link)

 Isaac Saney – Media Amnesia and the George Floyd Uprisings: Historical Memory and the Struggle to Build a More Just Society

Part 4 - MP4 (link)

 Sandra Hannebohm – The News Diversity and Black Representation Problem [from 00:00 to 30:36]
Terra Tailleur – Reporting responsibly on missing Indigenous people [from 32:30 to 01:06:35]
Laith Marouf – How laws and policies create a colonial and segregated media space in Canada [from 01:07:47 to end]

Summary Reports

April 30, 2022, Summary Report for Montreal (PDF)
May 14, 2022, Summary Report for Vancouver (PDF)
June 11, 2022, Summary Report for Halifax (PDF)

Media Coverage of All Events

Broadcast Dialogue: CMAC staging cross-country consultations on BIPOC barriers to media participation: https://broadcastdialogue.com/cmac-staging-cross-country-consultations-on-bipoc-barriers-to-media-participation/
Chinese media in Quebec coverage of the Montréal event: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LRH122TXpFpSHu9FK4Jahg & https://m.chinanews.com/wap/detail/chs/zw/hm6270c8e0534dc02919b1d6fa.shtml
When Spirit Whispers, Co-op Radio, CRFO FM coverage of the Vancouver event: MP3 Audio Archive